Orquidea Divina is an old woman with an expansive family and some serious roots in her western U.S. homestead. An immigrant from Ecuador, she was also an outcast from her mother's family who found solace in a traveling circus. Told in alternating chapters, this book tells of Orquidea's youth and the lives of three of her grandchildren, all of whom are bequeathed with flowers growing out of their bodies upon Orquidea's death.
This is a lovely magical tale of family, generational trauma, the immigrant experience, and transcendent love. Fans of magical realism and old circus stories will dig this.
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